Open to Open Access (O2OA) Lorna Everall and Alan Cope JISC OA Event 17 th June 2014

O2OA Aim of Project Establish shared institutional processes for OA data, publications and associated management processes Identify issues and challenges – and provide recommendations - for the implementation of OA requirements Establish software-independent processes and workflows to support the implementation of OA Bridge the Open Access and Impact agendas – draw on the learning of the impact agenda to accelerate the development of supported OA processes

O2OA Project Team Consortium of three post-92 “modern” Universities – De Montfort University, Leicester – The University of Northampton – Coventry University (Project management) All at different stages

O2OA Project Team De Montfort University, Leicester – Existing digital repository (DSpace) – Implementing a Current Information Research Management (CRIS) system (Converis)

O2OA Project Team The University of Northampton – Considerable Open Access experience – Hosts their digital repository (NECTAR) using Eprints – No current plans to implement a CRIS system

O2OA Project Team Coventry University (Project management) – Developing a specialism in research impact management – Early stages in the implementation of an OA culture across the institution – Hosts a digital repository using EQUELLA – Considering implementing a CRIS system

O2OA Context

O2OA Project Team Broad skill set within the team – Impact Manager – Repository Manager – REF and Business Development Manager – Manager of a Research Institute – Research Support Librarian – Technical Support

O2OA: Unique Features All Midlands-based and post-92 institutions Project team includes business development to link the OA agenda to applied research Focus on linking impact and the OA agenda Providing software-solution independent recommendations

O2OA HEI Sector Benefits Provide a consolidated review of the OA needs of academics, information managers, research support staff, corporate leads and external funders Provide an understanding of the perceived and actual relationships between OA publications, OA data and impact Provide a translation of OA needs into associated workflows Inform on methods to adapt repository systems and address interoperability issues across systems To provide a case study reviewing the embedding of a pro-OA culture using behaviour-change informed approaches

Thank you! Questions…?